“I would say it’s a clown show,” McGovern said, “but that would be a disservice to actual working clowns.”
The Massachusetts Democrat wondered aloud why and how the GOP is attempting to impeach Mayorkas when it has “presented zero evidence” for doing so, and pointed out that the sponsor of the impeachment resolution is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a far-right conspiracy theorist who is among former President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters.
“A MAGA extremist who amplifies Holocaust deniers, who said 9/11 was a hoax, who says wildfires are started by Jewish space lasers,” he said. “That’s the legislative and intellectual force behind this impeachment resolution.”
He marveled at the prospect of Greene being an impeachment manager on the Senate floor in the event that the Senate moved on to convict Mayorkas, which it won’t.
“God help us!” McGovern said with a weak laugh. “It’s just more proof that this is fraudulent, unconstitutional garbage. But Donald Trump wants another fraudulent impeachment, another distraction from his own legal troubles… So here we are, because he calls the shots around here.”